Near-infrared surface properties of the two intrinsically brightest minor planets: (90377) Sedna and (90482) Orcus

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 627, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 1057-1065

  Trujillo, Chadwick A ^a   Brown, Michael E ^b   Rabinowitz, David L ^c   Geballe, Thomas R ^a  

^a GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Solar system: Formation; Comets: General; Kuiper belt; Oort cloud

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844501382     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430337     Document Type: Article

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